CHAPTER 232: CHAPTER 148: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

Divine Thought locks in, ignoring the barriers of space!

But in an instant, Ye Qingzhou was already fully aware, this was a battle of minds, and even more so, a test of wills!

Ye Qingzhou stood his ground, neither dodging nor evading, because with a thought, he knew that the towering axe shadow before him was unavoidable.

"Want to question my mind? Then come and try it!"

Brilliant sword light, born of intent.

With a flawless mind, Sword Intent naturally perfect, without blemish, thus unbreakable, indestructible.

Clang~

The axe shadow fell upon Ye Qingzhou’s Sword Heart, shattering with a boom, turning into streamers flying away.

Ye Qingzhou’s Yin Spirit was rocked by the blow, almost shattering apart.

Fortunately, Ye Qingzhou still held his ground, and even under great pressure, his mind seemed tempered, becoming much more solid and stable.

"To survive a single strike from my axe of questioning heart proves your spirit as unregretful and unashamed. You are indeed a peerless talent of the Human Race today."

Thereafter, a headless figure wielding a large shield and giant axe suddenly appeared before Ye Qingzhou: "Yet to intrude upon the Flame Emperor’s Mausoleum is a great disrespect! If you do not leave swiftly, you will regret it too late."

Using his nipples as eyes, navel as mouth, he brandished his weapons as if dancing.

Such an image immediately caught Ye Qingzhou’s attention: "You are... Xing Tian?"

"Know my name? Yet you still do not leave swiftly!"

The Xing Tian before him was clearly not the mighty figure from mythology, but rather a remnant soul, likely a manifestation of Xing Tian’s obsession.

Otherwise, that previous axe strike might have obliterated both body and soul of Ye Qingzhou, leaving him nothing but dissipated smoke.

After all, the Xing Tian of legend was a fierce warrior capable of battling the Yellow Emperor.

"In ancient times, Xing Tian was a close minister under the Flame Emperor, with you guarding this place, it seems this is indeed the entrance to the Flame Emperor’s Mausoleum."

Ye Qingzhou’s thoughts turned, and he was even more eager to explore further.

The joy of archaeology... oh wait, the thrill of excavation was hard for him to resist.

"Reckless scoundrel!"

Xing Tian’s residual spirit angrily cursed, wildly swinging the Celestial Punishment Axe in his hand, truly like an executioner carrying out heavenly punishment, swinging it towards Ye Qingzhou’s Yin Spirit.

"Disrespect to a lord deserves evisceration!"

The Power of Thought Ability, infused with death and evil thoughts, transformed into a sharp axe, slashing towards Ye Qingzhou’s abdomen, intending to carve open his abdomen and hollow out his organs.

Xing Tian’s ultimate skill was the ancient Divine Skill leveraging the extreme application of Thought Ability, the "Five Punishments Emperor Register"!

This punishment was cruel, for in ancient times, human minds were uninformed and did not know propriety, defying royal commands, so the monarchs of the Human Race used severe laws to terrify the nations, creating world order.

Now, with Xing Tian only a residual spirit, the power of the Five Punishments Emperor Register was far inferior to its peak.

Yet its cruelty and savagery still struck terror in the hearts of people.

Riiiiip~

Even without a physical body, the axe striking Ye Qingzhou’s Yin Spirit’s abdomen emitted the sound of flesh tearing, and the mind endured unimaginable intense pain, as if truly suffering torture.

At the same time, outside Hundred Cries Territory.

Ye Qingzhou’s abdomen was suddenly sliced open by someone, with blood and organs splattering to the ground, the deep wound shocking to the eyes!

Xing Tian’s attack could bypass the Undying Golden Body’s defense mechanism, acting directly on Ye Qingzhou like a law of causality.

This meant that once Ye Qingzhou’s soul was harmed, his body would simultaneously suffer!

And that was the terrifying aspect of the "Five Punishments Emperor Register", a miraculous effect of the Power of Thought Ability reaching its peak - when the false becomes true!

Xu Yuebing, seeing Ye Qingzhou’s abdomen covered in gruesome red, immediately panicked.

"Not good, Ye Qingzhou is injured!"

"What happened?"

"Where’s the enemy? How can they bypass us and attack Ye Qingzhou’s physical body directly?"

As the backbone of the team and the Linjiang Team’s Sea Guardian Needle, Ye Qingzhou’s injury clearly affected everyone’s emotions.

But the invisible enemy left them feeling powerless.

Not knowing where the enemy was, how could they retaliate?

Then, wounds continued to appear on Ye Qingzhou’s body—splitting his chest, slicing his abdomen, hollowing his heart, severing his arm, beheading him, leaving Ye Qingzhou’s body in pieces.

Such injuries would be lethal to any normal person, even to a regular Professional Level Martial Artist.

"Ye Qingzhou!"

Xu Yuebing thought Ye Qingzhou was done for, clutching his blood-covered head, crying bitterly.

"Master Ye, you must not die!"

Leon also cried his heart out, sounding as if he had taken Ye’s surname.

"Who’s cursing me to die?"

In Xu Yuebing’s arms, Ye Qingzhou’s eyes opened once more, and countless golden threads formed by Primordial Qi extended from his body, like roots, stitching his scattered limbs back together,

then slashed with a self-inflicted sword, his body instantly recovered, lively and whole again.

The Grand Emperor Undying Body, indeed so domineering!

Xu Yuebing was astonished, even forgetting to wipe her teardrops, staring blankly at Ye Qingzhou: "You... you’re not dead?"

Ye Qingzhou frowned: "I only suffered a minor injury, why would I die?"

"Minor injury? You were torn limb from limb and bleeding from every orifice!"

Xu Yuebing found it incomprehensible that such injuries could be called minor.

Ye Qingzhou remained calm: "Bleeding from every orifice is bleeding, death is death, how can they be confused? Besides, trying to kill me by mere quartering is underestimating me, isn’t it?"

Having stood up again, Ye Qingzhou’s sharp gaze once again focused towards the direction of Hundred Cries Territory: "I already know how to break through this challenge."